Halloween in the Asheville District
This car was broken down today on the shoulder of Little Pine Rd.
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😆😉😆
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I now who Herman Munster is however I don't really get the joke. More importantly are things starting to get back to normal in your area? I realize it takes time to rebuild but are the places that weren't devastated back up and running?
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Now thats a fan
Short lived show bu the laughfs and fun and of course the memories it gave us
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is it fer Sal
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Like Herman, the car is parts from many different cars (people)
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shootuadeal—I drove through Marshall on the River yesterday, it is utterly destroyed. Nine buildings, concrete and brick buildings 120 years old, simply washed away. The other 70 buildings are ruined. National Guard troops all over the little town. Many volunteers working. None of these businesses will reopen for quite a while.
Power has been restored to most places. We're on well water so we're in good shape. Water has been restored to most of Asheville but right now Asheville is on a "boil water" advisory. Restaurants in Asheville are just beginning to reopen.
There is a lot of talk about "Marshall Strong." There are a hundred people wearing t-shirts and hats with this slogan. This is admirable, to band together and fight, and to want to rebuild our little town.
In 1900 Galveston was a booming port city, the biggest port in the Gulf of Mexico. The Hurricane of 1900 hit, 8,000 people died. The city was washed away. The people decided to move the port inland to Houston, 30 miles inland from The Gulf, as there are bays, and inlets, where ocean going vessels can dock in the Houston area. especially on the east side of town. Being so far inland, Houston is less vulnerable to hurricanes. Galveston was left to its own devices as the people knew they could not fight against another hurricane like that, in a city right on the coast.
If I were a wealthy businessman in Charlotte, I would not buy a ruined building in Marshall for $200K, and spend $150 Grand more to remodel it in to a restaurant, because Marshall will flood again. I saw the flood of 2004, and water was 2 feet deep in the stores of Marshall. They say the Flood of 1916 was nearly as bad as Helene, and the town was destroyed in 1916. When will it flood? How bad will the next flood be? Nobody knows.
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Like the car of many colors. A lot of poor folks in that area. They need a lot of help as even their insurance is not paying.
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Funny!
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